Dogtown 5k & Ducks unlimited

This past weekend was the Dogtown Half Marathon, 9k & 5k. Trey loves to run and he likes doing this race.(it doesn't hurt that my work puts on this race.) This year Uncle Dan and Aunt Paula ran it with him.  Uncle Josh ran the 9k. They had so much fun and Trey beat his time last year by 3 mins.  Last year he ran it in 28 mins and this year 25mins.  He did awesome and I am so proud of him.  He also inspired his cousin Zack to start running.  We are already planning on doing the Color Me Rad in June up in Salt Lake City and Uncle Brandon doesn't know it yet but he is running it too.  We will be up there for Brandon's homecoming and figured we'd do this too. While they were all running, I got to hang out with the kiddos.  We had Zack and Codi come down and play with us.  They got to watch everyone start and finish the race.  While they were running we went around the farm to look at all the animals and to play on the playground.  We even got to do the photo booth where we made funny faces. To round out the weekend we played at the park and went hiking up at Dixie Rock.  The weather was beautiful and we couldn't help but soak up some Vitamin D.  It was a busy and fun weekend but it didn't end there, we had one more adventure up our sleeves.

 The Ducks Unlimited Shoot down in Vegas. 

Cale hasn't shot in about 4 years and decided to shoot in this tournament.  He was gone from Thurs until late Sunday night so he missed out on our race excitement but he had his own excitement.  My baby took 3rd overall in his class and that's after not shooting in forever.  I'm so proud of him and can't wait to see what shoot he does next.  A big shout out to my in-laws for keeping Cale company all weekend and going to the shoot with him.  We appreciate everything you do for us. Love ya!

 Before the race and race start

 Us playing at the farm

Trey getting his 25

Crossing the finish line and our photo pics

Hiking

Dixie Rock

Rock Climbing

The last couple of weeks have flown by so here are a couple of pics to update on what we've been up too.  The biggest activity that we've done is basketball and rock climbing.  Brex loves to climb the rock wall while the kids have their basketball practices and games.  Elle will climb with him when Trey is playing.  Both have made it to the top multiple times and they don't seem to get tired of it.  Brex did have a little bit of help getting to the top but he can get about 3/4 of the way up on his own.  We've also gone swimming, the park and even got a trip down to Overton in over the holiday break.  This week will be the last week for basketball than we get a month off(we will be building the derby car for scouts) before we head back into the soccer season than right into baseball and softball. Whew that sounds like a lot :)

In other news the kids have been cruising in school.  Both Trey and Elle have reached their goal of 3500 minutes of reading for school and will get to go to the party for Reading like a star. Brex is learning more and more every day and tells us he's a "genius"! That kid cracks me up! Well that's the update from our crazy crew.

 Mustaches and swimming with uncle dan

 Just fun pictures of the kiddos climbing, swimming, jumping and being silly.

Basketball

We have started basketball back up and the kids are having fun. It's keeping us busy for sure the only night that is free for us is Thursdays. Trey has been training for his 5k that he's doing in feb. He wants to beat his time that he got last year. Last year he was sick the whole week before the race and he still ran it 28 minutes. Think what he can do being healthy :).
Elle is having a blast with basketball. She's got a natural talent for it.  She's still getting use to the game as this is her first year but it doesn't stop her from playing hard.
Brex is well he's Brex. He's Treys daily shadow and loves to do whatever Trey is doing. He had swim day a couple weeks ago and on Tuesday he got to go to the museum and see all the animals. I asked him how his trip was and he said "we couldn't touch the animals. We got to touch the animals at the farm" he was disappointed that he couldn't touch them, silly boy.  Also he keeps telling us that he's 5 and can't wait to be 8 like Trey. I'm telling you he loves his big brother.

Happy 12th

12 years ago I married the best guy ever.  He's my rock, my sanity, my partner in crime and my best friend.  He's an amazing father to our kids and an even more amazing husband to me.  I can't believe it's been 12 years.  Time has flown so fast and as I look back at the last 12 years it's been a sweet ride. I can't imagine going through this life without you by my side. 12 years down and eternity to go!!!

Love you babe!!

Christmas fun

It was another great Christmas for us. We were able to surprise our kids with their presents this year. They didn't really ask Santa for anything too big so Cale and I took advantage of that and got Elle an iPad mini and the boys 3d Ds XLs. They were floored when they opened those presents. It was awesome to surprise them and very humbling that they didn't ask for the moon this year.  We had an awesome day with Cale's family. We chatted, ate and enjoyed each other's company. We also got to chat with Brandon through Google hangout. It was awesome to get to chat with him, he's only got about 6 months left til he comes home.

 The next day we  went up north to be with my family. Becca watched our kids that night so Cale and I could celebrate our anniversary. That was awesome and a huge thanks to her for watching our kids. We had a big Gibson party on Saturday. We played all the old games like pin the tail on the donkey, duck duck goose, extreme twister and so much more!! After all that we headed to Grandpa Jones house for our ham dinner. We played card games ate good food and had a blast. Thank you family for hosting us!

 The kids had so much fun playing with the dogs and in the snow.  

Crazy with a capital C

So this past week has been crazy for us so here is the breakdown
1-Brex had his preschool program this week and he did awesome!  He did the rock on sign with his hands during the middle of it and played the guitar above his head.  He said his line perfect and even got to sit on Santa's lap.

2-Lucky the elf is back and he has been busy.  He gave the kids the materials to make their own Christmas count down chains, elf kisses, was swinging from our kitchen light, decided to swipe daddy's shaving cream to shave, and blocked our door to the bathroom.  He is quite the jokester and the kids love it.

3-Basketball has started and both kids did amazing at their games.  We are so impressed with how each of them played. They were where they needed to be and got their hands on the ball quite a bit.  Each had a few shots at the basket and almost made them.

4-It has snowed and snowed and snowed.  For the first time ever the kids got to get their Christmas tree while it was snowing.  While getting the tree we got to see Santa and that was fun.  Grandma even sat on his lap. He wouldn't take "No" for an answer.

5-We also got to make about 3 different snowman while it snowed.  There have been multiple snowball fights and loads of fun.

6-We finally decorated our Christmas tree tonight and it's always fun.  The kids have a blast putting on all of their ornaments and candy canes.  They love to turn off all of the lights and see the tree all lite up.

I'm sure I've missed a bunch of stuff but this is good enough for now.  We are in full Christmas swing at our house and love it!!

Santa videos

I can't believe that it's already Dec 1st.  We went up to Midway for Thanksgiving and spent a few days with Cale's family up there.  We ate a delicious dinner and had a lot of fun.  We even ventured out and did some shopping "gasp!" I know I'm shocked that I went shopping too.  We had some fun bowling with the kids and they even got to make a couple of snowballs.  Elle and I got to see Elder Holland while out shopping and that was pretty cool.  Thanks Cobi and Burt for having us we had a blast!

Today the kids were surprised by videos from Santa and guess what, they are all on the Nice list.  I know it was a huge relief for the kids to know that they were on the nice list. Thanks to the portable north pole feature the kids get to see Santa and together they go through the year to see how they've been.  He noticed that Brex was Brave after he broke his leg.  Elle was a huge team player in soccer and Trey performed amazing on his first 5k.  The kids were so excited. Santa's videos are something they look forward to every year.  He doesn't disappoint. :)  The kids credit Lucky their elf with informing Santa on all their good deeds.

We also got to do our annual JibJab video.  jibjab click the link if you would like to watch our video. We laughed and had a great time and we are ending the night by watching The Grinch. Bring on the Holiday Season I think we may be ready for it!